Props v. Washington Pulley & Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 61 Wash. 8
• 111 P. 888
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1273

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Assumption op Risks — Obvious Dangers-—Natural Laws. A boiler maker of mature years and varied experience, who had done some firing, assumes the risks from a back fire or explosion in a furnace of a boiler which he was firing with sawdust and shavings for fuel, whereby a banked door was blown off, although he testified that he had never seen or heard of such an explosion; since it was due to simple, natural laws of which he was; bound to take notice (Fullerton, J., dissenting).</p>